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to be good for headaches. The timber of’ this pine is thought better than 
that of the Baltic, for masts and other naval purposes. In 1781 a great deal 
was cut for the squadron of Don Antonio Bacaro; and samples being sent to 
Spain, the King ordered that it might be used. 
94. PrnostLo, is low and scarce. We did not learn its use in Conception, 
where it grows. 
95. Prrra, is found in all places to the south of Santiago; it grows eight 
or ten yards high, and one thick: the wood is weak when green; it rots under 
ground, and is little used except for fuel for baking pottery and bricks. The 
trunk is full of knots; below the outer bark there is a kind of soft fretwork 
covering, that serves excellently for tinder. Bruised in wine this bark is 
good for contusions, &c. The decoction of the leaves and bark is good in 
pains of the legs, and coldness of the extremities. 
- 96. QuEBRACHO, is most plentiful about Maule, but grows freely in other 
places, especially between Valparaiso and Concon. It is little more than a 
shrub : the wood is of a fine grain and heavy, so it is used for carvers and 
turners’ work, 
97. QUELEN QUELEN, a small delicate shrub; it is found in the districts 
of Colchagua, Rancagua, and Valparaiso. ‘The leaf’ is narrow and pointed ; 
the flower blueish; the root like liquorice, but with little taste. The gum of 
this plant is used for various illnesses proceeding from cold; the wood is 
looked upon as antiepileptic. The whole plait is used for firewood. 
98. QuEULI, is asort of Achras. It is only found in Conception; it grows 
twenty-five yards high, and three in girth: it loves a damp situation. The 
timber is dark-red, easy to work, and takes a good polish. The fruit is like 
a long bellota, composed of a large firm husk, and a sweet yellow pulp, 
which is eaten both raw and boiled: it is esteemed unwholesome. 
99. Quitiay, is found in most parts of the country; it grows eight yards 
high, and two thick. The bark of this tree is used to clear colours in dyeing 
goods, and to cleanse woollen and silk clothes: beaten between two stones 
and mixed in water, it makes a lather like soap. Itis corisidered wholesome 
in hysterical affections. The timber is apt to become worm-eaten in the sun, 
but it lasts well either under water or under ground; hence it is used in 
mines and for mill-wheels, and also for cart-wheels. (The authors of the 
Flora of Peru and Chile call this tree Smegdadermos, I think. The bark 
does not contain alkali, but a gum or mucilage, which froths as beer does ; 
